MRI: Acquisition of a Powder/Thin Film X-ray Diffractometer

技术摘要：本提案旨在在加州大学圣克鲁斯分校建立第一个现代粉末/薄膜x射线衍射仪。目前，薄膜、原位变温度/大气、反射率、散射和粉末细化数据在校园是不可能的。目前科学和工程部门的多个部门的研究需求保证了拟议的仪器将在安装后立即运行并保持满负荷运行。该仪器的空间已经在x射线设施中分配（PI Oliver是主管）。用户友好的Rigaku SmartLab系统及其自动更改样品阶段将促进多用户环境，从而培养跨学科的研究生，本科生和博士后研究人员。来自附近州立大学校园的样本也将被分析。该设备将影响几个NSF和NIH资助的校园少数族裔项目以及一系列本科和研究生课程。该项目的多学科方面与核磁共振项目的目标和校园材料倡议完美结合。在过去的两个月里，加州大学圣克鲁斯分校已经开始计划建立一个材料科学与工程系，由工程学院院长Ramirez Co-PI领导。加州大学圣克鲁斯分校迫切需要最先进的设备，以使研究人员能够研究对社会重要的各种领域的材料，包括电子、替代能源、传感器和生物材料。该仪器使用x射线来了解散装粉末和薄膜的内部结构，这将使他们能够评估和进一步开展外部资助的研究项目。整个校园的科学和工程用户都依赖这些数据，并将不断使用该仪器。这也会影响附近几所正在学习材料的州立大学。一系列化学、物理和地球科学课程将研究该仪器的理论和使用，其中一些课程还将进行实际操作培训。来自附近社区参与加州大学圣克鲁斯分校桥梁项目的转学生也将在他们的研究和课程中使用该仪器。该提案与加州大学圣克鲁斯分校在材料领域的扩张非常吻合，可能会建立一个新的材料科学与工程系，与附近硅谷的工业联系在一起。

Technical AbstractThis proposal seeks to establish the first modern powder/thin film X-ray diffractometer on the UC Santa Cruz campus. At present, thin film, in-situ variable temperature/atmosphere, reflectance, scattering and powder refinement data are not possible on campus. Current research needs across multiple departments in both the science and engineering divisions guarantee that the proposed instrumentation will operate and remain at full capacity immediately upon installation. Space for the instrument has already been assigned in the X-ray facility (PI Oliver is the director). The very user-friendly Rigaku SmartLab system and its automated changing of sample stages would facilitate the multiuser environment and thus training of graduate, undergraduate and postdoctoral researchers across many disciplines. Samples from nearby state university campuses will also be analyzed. The equipment will impact several NSF and NIH funded campus minority programs as well as a series of undergraduate and graduate courses. The multidisciplinary aspects of the project tie in perfectly with the goals of the MRI program and the campus initiative in materials. Within the last two months, plans have initiated to establish a Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, led by Co-PI Ramirez who is also Dean of the School of Engineering.Non-Technical AbstractThe UC Santa Cruz campus is in desperate need of state-of-the-art equipment that will allow researchers to study materials in a variety of areas important to society including electronics, alternative energy, sensors and biomaterials. The instrument uses X-rays to gain understanding of the internal structure of bulk powders and thin films, which will allow them to evaluate and further their externally funded research projects. Users across campus in both science and engineering rely on these data and would continually make use of the instrument. It would also impact several nearby state campuses that are studying materials. A series of courses in chemistry, physics and earth sciences would study the theory and use of the instrument, some with hands-on training. Transfer students from nearby community that are involved in UC Santa Cruz bridge programs would also make use of the instrumentation in their research and courses. This proposal matches well with the expansion by UC Santa Cruz into the area of materials, with a possible new Department of Materials Science and Engineering with ties to industry in nearby Silicon Valley.